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1919

  • Work on this object began.

1929

  • Work on this object ended.

1961

  • We acquired this object.

2015

2025

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Print, Power House, Brooklyn Edison Works

This is a Print. It was created by Joseph Pennell. It is dated ca. 1924 and we acquired it in 1961. Its medium is etching in black ink on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Jules R. Breuchaud.

Its dimensions are

22.4 × 32.8 cm (8 13/16 × 12 15/16 in.)

It is signed

Signed in graphite, lower right center: Jo Pennell imp

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite, lower left: Power House, Brooklyn; lower center left: Mk[?] 23374; lower right center: 18 3/4 x 15 1/8 $

Cite this object as

Print, Power House, Brooklyn Edison Works; Joseph Pennell (American, active England, 1857–1926); USA; etching in black ink on paper; 22.4 × 32.8 cm (8 13/16 × 12 15/16 in.); 1961-148-58

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